SC - Grits

LrdRas at aol.com LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Nov 29 19:04:58 PST 1999


In a message dated 11/29/99 6:22:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
phelpsd at gate.net writes:

<< can you tell me is grits
 >singular or are grits plural? >>

According to Miriam-Webster:

grits (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)

[perhaps partly from grit [1], partly from dialect grit coarse meal, from Old 
English grytt; akin to Old English greot]

First appeared 1579

 : coarsely ground hulled grain; especially: ground hominy with the germ 
removed

Ras
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